The Ideal retirement boat?

Recall a very pissed off swiss mini multimillionaire anchour Ed in Cedera on his world cruiser with the floor boards up struggling to get the systems to work.......with the help of his paid skipper,a cautionary tale
 
wully1 said:
Blowing Old Boots wins.

And no, there is no droopy headlinin - all replaced.

Im working on upgrading the drinks locker as there wasn’t one. No glasses on board but the previous owner had left two bottles of beer with best before dates of 2017... I don’t think he was a drinker.
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Very good boats, I sailed one a few times way back when they first came out, fast and good confort as well. Congratulations and enjoy.
 
The video has been posted before and the response from the envious MAB brigade was pretty much the same ;)

It's a lovely boat. Sailing is a broad church and there's plenty of room for all to enjoy, regardless of their choice of boat or having the means to fund it.

Pete Goss seems to be delighted with it, equally importantly, his wife, too. (y)
 
Skylark said:
The video has been posted before and the response from the envious MAB brigade was pretty much the same ;)

It's a lovely boat. Sailing is a broad church and there's plenty of room for all to enjoy, regardless of their choice of boat or having the means to fund it.

Pete Goss seems to be delighted with it, equally importantly, his wife, too. (y)
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I heard he was selling it.
Either way, that boat wouldn't make it to my shortlist. We all have different ideas of the perfect boat. When you see them in the flesh they are ugly and for me I would never want an aluminium boat. They dont age well. Having seen some very tatty Ovnis about that are very hard to get looking good I would give them a miss. If you bump them they have a dent for ever. At least with grp you can have it filled and repaired easily anywhere in the world. Unless you are doing high latitude sailing then why do you need aluminium and all the hassle it brings.
 
Currently, the ideal retirement boat is anything that you can sit at anchor for 14 days before clearing into a country; sadly many of the wrinkelys voted for clearance into our neighbours even thought they will not be able to benefit from the new restrictions. :mad:

Still think Pete Goss should have gone for Boreal as they are much simpler to manage.
 
johnalison said:
When you retire, you will find that you need:
Comfy berths
Good heating
Comfortable heads
Large drinks locker.
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Exactly.

We have an Island bed in the owners stateroom - did you see how flash that makes it sound, but it is from the sales brochure. Huge storage and wardrobes, large tankage, two huge fridges with keel cooled compressors, electric winch, self tacking jib and a bloody great engine. Very, very comfortable alonside or on the hook. Large Webasto, it does need insulation on a two metre run of uninsulated ducting right trough the engine compartment. Will be attending to that soon. Good size 'Jack and Jill' heads/shower compartment. Oh, forgot to mention the inside only steering position in the huge pilot house.

Falls down a little on the drinks locker bit, but I have attended to that a bit.

As all boats are a compromise, First Mate agrees - and that point is VERY important - that it is probably as close as we are liable to get to our ideal 'off the shelf'.

We are happy.

Which, at the end of the day, is all that really matters!
 
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Can't see what the fuss is about drinks lockers. My little Snapdragon has the perfect one - a crate in a dinette locker. Whoever's sitting on it has the job of fetching more when needed :D

However, I'm with Skylark, there's no one size fits all. Some will want an ocean eater, I'm happy with a little bilge keeler to explore creeks and dry out amongst the waders. Neither of us is wrong, but too big gets unmanageable as we become older, or too complex. A late friend had a 39 footer that he couldn't manage on his own and few competent sailors among his friends, "I think I'll pop down to the boat for a sail today" just didn't happen. I must admit, I'd like a bit more space, so I think the sweet spot is something like a Westerly Konsort. Big enough to cope, small enough to manage.
 
Skylark said:
The video has been posted before and the response from the envious MAB brigade was pretty much the same ;)

It's a lovely boat. Sailing is a broad church and there's plenty of room for all to enjoy, regardless of their choice of boat or having the means to fund it.

Pete Goss seems to be delighted with it, equally importantly, his wife, too. (y)
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Just to be clear, I wasn't criticising Pete Goss, or his choice of boat, in any way whatsoever: I feel fairly certain that he wouldn't need any advice from me on such matters!

He's supremely knowledgeable, seriously experienced, and knows what he wants (and can afford it).

It's just not what I'd choose myself: that's ok, too, isn't it?

Good luck to him!
 
geem said:
... Unless you are doing high latitude sailing then why do you need aluminium ...
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I think this claim that aluminium is necessary for "hi latitude" sailing, or exhibition sailing is just sales talk, marketing. People have been sailing to remote areas, off the beaten track, in all hull materials successfully. There is no doubt that aluminium alloy is an excellent material for hulls in the context of strength, lightness and corrosion resistance but necessary, that is very subjective when compared to other materials that have successfully cruised hi latitudes.
 
Apart from giving talks about his adventuring and books , I wonder how he gets the money and sponsorship now.

Does he have a sort of full time job I wonder.
 
BlowingOldBoots said:
I think this claim that aluminium is necessary for "hi latitude" sailing, or exhibition sailing is just sales talk, marketing. People have been sailing to remote areas, off the beaten track, in all hull materials successfully. There is no doubt that aluminium alloy is an excellent material for hulls in the context of strength, lightness and corrosion resistance but necessary, that is very subjective when compared to other materials that have successfully cruised hi latitudes.
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I am thinking the ability to deal with ice. Ice and grp dont get on well together?
 
NealB said:
I suspect quite a few of us here are very well aware of Pete Goss, and his amazing adventures and talents.

As you suggest, he's a seriously cool dude.

But I still wouldn't want that boat, even with a big lottery win behind me!

Good job we're all different: it makes the world, and our lives, sparkle.
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I think it is a fantastic boat, and would love to have one. Very thoughtfully specced and configured by Pete Goss.

But apparently now sold (subject to survey) as they have enjoyed their voyage, but now have more modest cruising plans apparently.
 
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